To wonder why people don’t read the thread

Those who think 'sorted' could just leave the thread alone and, you know, stop annoying themselves by reading it.

It's not just when a thread is 'sorted' that it's annoying, though. It's when someone comes along and ignores everything that's gone before (saying they don't have time to read it) and asks others to spend their time recapping or explaining what's happened.

They don't do it in so many words, but that's what it boils down to when a post says 'I haven't read the three page thread, but what about xyz (that was discussed at length on page 1)? Is everyone else meant to break off what they are discussing and use their own time to bring them up to speed?

Lucca, I'm with you all the way. Even think I know the specific thread you are talking about. I find it a somewhat arrogant attitude when someone comes on here and says 'I haven't read the other posts but......'. However... nowt as queer as folk. I guess mutual tolerance might be the name of the game here. Whew!

Even being told someone was going to call the police on me!
That made me laugh felice!!

they see what they want to see
Well that's the most annoying part of reading all the replies to be honest. I feel so exasperated when someone tells the op to do somthing they've told us they have already tried!!

Oh well none of us are perfect

Baggs

You can't chair Gransnet threads.

Yes, this. GN is an informal chat site, not a public meeting.

Perhaps people just want to be part of the discussion, perhaps they just want to tell others about their own experiences, perhaps the thread’s meandered into other areas, as they often do. I actually find the posts telling others to stop posting more irritating than any duplications.

I particularly notice those threads where a spammer has hijacked a thread that is months or years old. If a thread has been revived with a post that is blatant advertising, I report it. Once it has been reported, GNHQ delete the spam post and add a message. Meanwhile, other posters then blithely offer advice, suggestions etc to the original poster about a problem that is perhaps a couple of years old.

It’s not a huge ask to (a) notice if a post is obviously spam, and (b) check the date of the original post if you see a thread with a ‘deleted by Gransnet’ message as the most recent post.

You can't chair Gransnet threads.

Atqui

PamelaJ1 I so agree. One feels like saying “ I just said that”!
By the way what is BU?

Being Unreasonable

The one that prompted me to start this thread contained several posts from the OP saying that the issue had been resolved so she didn’t need any more advice.

In short, you can't 'chair' Gransnet threads.

I just don’t understand how it happens. Do posters literally read the original post and reply without reading ANY other posts ?

Yes and why shouldn't they, especially, as in this case, there's a question that they choose to answer?

Also, if the opening post is essentially a complaint, as this one is (it's also one that keeps recurring, though that's not your fault), posters often want to answer the complaint without reading on to see if everyone else is complaining too.

This might be because, like me, they find such opening posts tiresome and, to put it bluntly, unreasonable.

I also think it's unreasonable to expect people to accept that a thread has been 'sorted'. It hasn't been sorted if someone reading it for the first time has something to say. Why shouldn't they add their tuppenceworth? Those who think 'sorted' could just leave the thread alone and, you know, stop annoying themselves by reading it.

Elegran
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Sounds very familiar!

PamelaJ1 I so agree. One feels like saying “ I just said that”!
By the way what is BU?

I am not intending to reprimand etc. But surely everyone at least has time to quickly scan at least the last couple of pages where in a recent case they would say several posts saying the issue had been resolved !

However I think it is high time all posts from OP were highlighted the. All those poor over busy people would be able to see at a glance that it was all sorted.

I will start by saying that I haven’t read the whole thread

This is resolved on other forums with the option for the OP to CLOSE a thread when they have got the answer etc they were looking for .

If you think it is a problem on Gransnet you should try looking on Mumsnet

Some threads there run and run forever , and no number of ‘READ THE EFFING THREAD’ comments solve the problem.

It’s hilarious ?.

Elegran remind me of the Vicar of Dibley ;)

I think it also depends how people access text- if on phone, they do not automatically see other answers.

I am on a fauna and flora group on FB and one of fungi foraging, and when there is a request for identification, you can get several pages saying 'martagon lily' or whatever. I have no issue with an identification being confirmed, once, twice - but then it gets just annoying. Or 2 pages or 'martagon lily' and then someone pops in with 'daisy' or similar.

Threads seem to get much too long which leads to even more repetition. Might it work if after 2 pages, say, HQ or some automatic trigger asks the OP whether she (or he) wants it to continue or reframe it?

Also if people try not to make their opening posts too broad or vague.

No, you aren’t. BU I mean but I am getting used to it happening. I used to get cross if I had had a totally, brilliant, innovative answer/ solution to an OP’s problem only to find someone further down the thread also had the same idea and got all the praise.?
Now I just go into my corner and cry?

It sometimes reminds me of certain committee meetings, where most of those present spend some time discussing various aspects of the problem in question and reached agreement, and so have reached the point where the chairperson says, "Right, so we have decided to blah blah blah "

A person who has been sitting looking reasonably awake all through then perks up and asks, "But what about XXXX ? " XXXX being the main point of the discussion, which has been totally filleted, turned inside out, and the solution decided upon, while they were dreaming of Clint Eastwood.

That is the problem with games threads especially the alphabetical ones. After about five pages it gets wearing wading through to see if you are repeating a previous answer.
I agree about people not reading the original post properly then going off at a tangent in the wrong direction. Sometimes other posters raise points which I may want to respond to as well as the original post.

I tend not to read very long threads with pages of responses. Similarly, some thread titles or seeing who has started them make me just move on. Occasionally, in a thread with an off-putting title but pages of responses, I'll take a look at the last page to how far it's drifted from the OP. That can be interesting!

Never mind reading the whole thread, some people don't even read the original post properly!

For example 'my 13 year old granddaughter is blah blah'....

Someone will then ask 'how old is your GD?'

Some threads are very long so it's inevitable that things move on, and posters don't have time to read the whole thing.

I once posted on a topic that I lived in Belgium in the family home five times in responses, and still kept being told that I could not have my DGS to stay with me.
Even once being told that someone was going to call the Police on me !!!!!!!!
It was the same when I had my second knee op and was accused of wasting NHS resources.
It does not seem to matter how many times people are told things they see what they want to see.

I can understand in a long thread people don’t have time to read all the posts BUT you can at least skim down and read the original posters further posts that would give you a good idea of the gist of how it’s going

Mumsnet has a option to show only the OP’s posts which is very useful. Perhaps Gransnet, which is a poor relation of Mumsnet, could be given the same facility.